Untold Ref Review: MU 1 – MC 6 – Historical in many ways

For the Manchester derby at Old Trafford we had Ref Clattenburg in charge. Was his contribution as historical as the score line?

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

points

weight

3

OTHER

Richards

Young

C

Cought the man on the leg

1

1

4

OTHER

Young

Silva

NC

Silva tries to clear out of defence but gets a kick on his foot. Ref puts the whistle to his mouth but then changes his mind

0

0

5

OTHER

Barry

Evra

C

Trip

1

1

6

OTHER

Anderson

Aguero

C

Trip

1

1

6

OTHER

Evans

Yaya

NC

Trip

0

0

7

OTHER

Richards

Young

C

Push

1

1

8

OTHER

Milner

Young

C

Trip

1

1

13

OTHER

Smalling

Balotelli

C

Push

1

1

15

OTHER

Milner

Young

NC

Trip, advantage given but leads to nothing

0

0

18

OTHER

Nani

Milner

NC

Push in the back not given

0

0

19

PENALTY

Kompany

Rooney

C

Kompany cleanly kicks the ball. No foul, correct seen from the ref

1

3

20

OTHER

Balotelli

Evans

C

Stepped on his foot

1

1

22

GOAL

City

C

Correct goal

1

3

22

YELLOW

Balotelli

C

Puts his shirt over his head. Correct card

1

2

32

OTHER

Richards

Young

C

Trip

1

1

34

OTHER

Welbeck

Hart

NC

Striker backs in the keeper, but no foul given

0

0

35

OTHER

Evra

Balotelli

C

Trip

1

1

37

OTHER

Anderson

Silva

C

Tackle on the ankle

1

1

37

YELLOW

Anderson

NC

Should have been a yellow card for it was a reckless challenge on the ankle

0

0

40

OTHER

Kompany

Welbeck

C

Tripp off the ball

1

1

40

YELLOW

Kompany

C

Correct decision to give a yellow card for such a cynical foul

1

2

42

OTHER

Smalling

Balotelli

C

Push

1

1

43

OTHER

Nani

Clichy

C

Push

1

1

43

OTHER

Yaya

Young

C

Push

1

1

45

OTHER

Smalling

Clichy

C

Push

1

1

Half time

19

25

CORRECT

76,00%

78,13%

YELLOW

2

3

66,67

RED

0

0

PENALTY

1

1

100,00

GOAL

1

1

100,00

OTHER

2

2

100,00

6

7

85,71

OFFSIDE

0

0

Second half

47

OTHER

Evans

Balotelli

C

Evans pulls the striker down when he goes past him

1

1

47

RED

Evans

C

Evans was the last defender, Balotelli would have been one on one against the keeper just outside the penalty box. Only card is a red one

1

3

51

PENALTY

Anderson

Richards

NC

A clear trip and push in the back from Anderson on Richards, should have been a penalty. Clattenburgs washes his hands in innocence?

0

0

51

YELLOW

Anderson

NC

Should have been a yellow card. Second time he escapes a yellow card

0

0

53

OTHER

Fletcher

Aguero

C

1

1

59

OTHER

Evra

Richards

C

Trip

1

1

60

GOAL

Man City

C

Correct goal

1

3

62

OTHER

Anderson

Aguero

C

Pull and ran a long way to commit the foul

1

1

62

YELLOW

Anderson

C

Finally gets his yellow, should have been his third

1

2

64

OFFSIDE

Balotelli

C

1

1

67

OTHER

Evra

Barry

C

Frontal tackle

1

1

67

YELLOW

Evra

C

Frontal tackle, foot over the floor, dangerous, correct card

1

2

69

GOAL

Man City

C

Correct goal

1

3

70

OTHER

Evra

Balotelli

C

Trip

1

1

71

OTHER

Corner for City

NC

Ball hits the leg of Smalling but no corner given

0

0

72

OTHER

Lescott

Young

C

Push

1

1

75

OTHER

Dzeko

Jones

NC

Dzeko hits Jones on his foot, nothing given

0

0

75

OFFSIDE

Young

C

1

1

79

OTHER

Smalling

Dzeko

C

Tackle from behind

1

1

79

YELLOW

Smalling

C

Dangerous tackle, promising attack

1

2

81

GOAL

Man Utd

C

Correct goal

1

3

83

OTHER

Welbeck

Richards

C

Tackle on the ankle

1

1

83

YELLOW

Welbeck

C

Viscious and mean tackle, correct card

1

2

85

OTHER

Barry

Young

C

Trip

1

1

86

OTHER

Richards

Welbeck

C

Trip

1

1

86

YELLOW

Richards

C

another correct card

1

2

89

GOAL

Man City

C

Correct goal

1

3

91

GOAL

Man City

C

Correct goal

1

3

93

GOAL

Man City

C

Correct goal

1

3

2nd half score

TOTAL

25

44

%

CORRECT

86,21%

86,27%

YELLOW

5

6

83,33

RED

1

1

100,00

PENALTY

0

1

0,00

GOAL

6

6

100,00

OTHER

7

7

100,00

19

21

90,48

OFFSIDE

2

2

100,00

TOTAL SCORE

TOTAL

44

69

%

CORRECT

81,48%

83,13%

YELLOW

7

9

77,78

RED

1

1

100,00

PENALTY

1

2

50,00

GOAL

7

7

100,00

OTHER

9

9

100,00

25

28

89,29

OFFSIDE

2

2

100,00

Correct calls

For Man U

16

35,56%

For Man C

29

64,44%

Total correct calls

45

Wrong calls

Against Man U

2

20,00%

Against Man C

8

80,00%

Total

10

I don’t know how Clattenburg will have felt when returning to his dressing room but if it had a mixture of relief, satisfaction and euphoria it would have been the right feelings.

Doing a top game and then coming out with a final score on the important decisions of 89,29% is …well… utterly amazing done by the ref. The things he missed on the important decisions were a not given penalty for Man City and the fact that he waited too long to show Anderson a yellow card.

For the rest he was spot on with all the other important decisions. And he had lots decisions to make in the 90 minutes.

In a difficult game he wasn’t at his best yet in the first half but in the second half he was very focussed and just did what he had to do. Apart from the mistakes already mentioned.

So United had nothing to complain about the ref. He even gave them the majority of the wrong calls. The turning point was the sending off and this was the only thing Clattenburg could do without making a fool of himself. Balotelli was past the defender and would have been on his way to goal in a one on one with the keeper. Not the worst foul one can make but you got to keep your hands of a player who is clear through on goal.

Clattenburg showed, and not for the first time I have seen this from him, that he took his responsibility when it was required. So he had the nerve to send a United player off with a red card at Old Trafford. But even SAF could not say anything about it. Well not that I heard anyway. Maybe his pal Mike will have heard something about it.

I believe Mike Riley is yet to recovere from the oversight of allowing Clattenburg to referee this match and not Howard Webb. I am convinced beyond any iota of doubt that with Webb at the center, United would NEVER have got this type of result anywhere in the world not to think of Old Trafford as he would NEVER have given Evans the marching order and there would have been AT LEAST ONE fictitious penalty kick to United. (I’d like Untold to monitor if Clattenburg is ever given any match involving Manchester United at Old Trafford again within the next 3 seasons).
This goes to show what has been posited severally especially on this site that Manchester United are not as good as they are being made to look but it’s the referees/refereeing that has won them a good number of their Premiership titles. I personally believe that this is a vindication of the collective work that the Untold folks have been doing over the years which is for a level playing field or something close to that to be provided for all and sundry. I hope it is not a one time thing anyway.
I have a feeling that over the next 5 matches, City must be made to lose at least 2 matches so as to have their 5-point advantage wiped off by Christmas and I see Howard Webb handling at least 2 of United’s matches before Christmas.
With good officiating, Manchester United are as vulnerable as any other premiership side.

When the game kicked off, I remember expressing my surprise at the fact that Webb wasn’t in manure’s starting line-up. But if I saw correctly, he WAS present… as the fourth official. It was his team’s biggest home game for the season, and he couldn’t be left out completely. But had he been put in charge again, I think it would have been too much for the football loving world to bear, and would have caused an uproar. So Big Mike gave him a less prominent role, which seems to have failed because he was less effective on the wings than he is when he plays in his favourite central midfield position for manure.

very impressive, from a city fan we always knew the refs were biased towards U****d whenever we play them, or anyone for that matter, the ref always has a huge bearing on the result,the question is always do you think we will win? and the answer is depends on the fef, which makes the last day of the season even sweeter, also the reaction of the sunderland and QPR fans shows all other the fans hate them almost as much as we do.